Pune: Day temperatures across Maharashtra are set to rise sharply over the next two to three days, with some pockets likely to touch 36–37°C — levels more typical of early March — even as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) ruled out any heatwave-like conditions for now.On Friday, Vidarbha continued to record the highest readings in…
Pune: The Chandannagar police on Thursday registered a case against a man from Talegaon Dabhade and his relatives, who duped a 44-year-old woman from Wadgaonsheri of Rs59 lakh on the pretext of marriage. An officer from Chandannagar police said, “The woman met the accused on a matrimonial website in 2024, and he proposed marriage in…
Pune: Metro commuters are facing difficulties in the last-mile connectivity as autorickshaw drivers are either overcharging them or denying rides because most of them have not adopted the share-an-auto initiative.Aakash Sanap, who travelled from Shivajinagar Metro station, said three autorickshaw drivers denied him a ride as per the fare chart and demanded extra money. Like…
Pune: Rising concerns over tourist safety atRajgadFort, one of Maharashtra’s most iconic historical monuments, have prompted a demand for the immediate deployment of emergency medical facilities and trained rescue teams at the site.Bhor–Rajgad–MulshiMLA ShankarMandekarhas urged the Pune district administration toestablisha permanent emergency healthcare mechanism and rescue infrastructure at the fort, citing recent tragic incidents involving…
Kolhapur: Vir S Advani, deputy chairman of western region of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), on Friday said the companies manufacturing air-conditioning and refrigeration products are going to shift to use of aluminium reducing the use of copper — given the prices of copper are increasing owing to the metal’s demand in data centres. Advani,…
Nashik: Body of a 17-year-old boy, who was missing since Wednesday, was found in the Godavari river in the city on Thursday night.According to the Mhasrul police, a complaint of kidnapping was filed by the parents of the teenager, identified as Shreedhar Shah, when he did not return home on Wednesday night. On Thursday night,…
Kolhapur: The Maharashtra Rajya Draksha Bagaytdar Sangh — an association of the grape farmers — has called for a strict law to curb incidents of cheating by bulk purchasers during the harvesting season that begins in Feb and ends in May. Over the last few days, two cases of bulk purchase traders from Andhra Pradesh…
Pune: Advanced precision oncology at a private cancer centre in the city has helped a 74-year-old man from Pimpri Chinchwad overcome stage IVA throat cancer and regain his voice. The treatment also preserved his larynx, allowing him to return to a normal life.The patient was a tobacco user with no major health issues. In 2024,…
Pune: Three people, including the owner of a salon in Bibvewadi, were arrested on Friday after a 20-year-old youth was murdered on Thursday afternoon over the suspicion of coaxing customers of the prime suspect’s establishment to a new facility.The victim was identified as Mohammed Shami Qureshi of Bibvewadi. He hailed from Prayagraj district in Uttar…
Pune:Cabinet minister and senior BJP member Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil on Friday accused NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar of trying to gain political mileage over the death of his uncle, Ajit Pawar, in a plane crash, and alleged that he and Sharad Pawar did not give the former deputy chief minister the respect he deserved when…
